Week Ahead Market Report: July 21, 2014

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The US markets are slightly lower this afternoon, with the Dow down 0.17%, the S&P lower by 0.15% and the Nasdaq flat. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Plug Power (PLUG) up 14%, General Electric (GE) down 1.8%, Facebook (FB) up 2%, and Bank of America (BAC) down 0.25%.

In overseas trading, Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average was lower by 1.01%, and the Hang Seng was down 0.29%. In Europe, the FTSE 100 was down 0.31% and the German DAX was lower by 1.11% today.

In economic news, CPI and Existing Home Sales are released tomorrow, Initial Claims on Thursday and Durable Goods on Friday.